Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke by Kuipers

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Type
Book
Narrative Type
History
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ISBN
9781596911420
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1596911425
ISBN-13
9781596911420
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50793575

Product Key Features

Book Title
Burning Rainbow Farm : How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Entheogens & Visionary Substances, History & Theory, General, Law Enforcement
Publication Year
2006
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, Body, Mind & Spirit, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Dean Kuipers
Format
Hardcover

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1.4 in
Item Weight
23.7 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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Trade
LCCN
2005-036030
Dewey Edition
22
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"We need more books written like this one. That seems to be the only way we are really going to find out the real truth on what is going on." -- Carol Long, Carol's Paperback Plus, Waterford, MI, "We need more books written like this one. That seems to be the only way we are really going to find out the real truth on what is going on."--Carol Long, Carol's Paperback Plus, Waterford, MI, "Kuipers has given us a deftly reported glimpse into America''s blue collar rural stoner subculture."-- Barbara Ehrenreich, "Nickel and Dimed", An excellent look at the marijuana subculture, deluded or not, aspiring to the Middle-American mainstream., "We need more books written like this one. That seems to be the only way we are really going to find out the real truth on what is going on."-- Carol Long, Carol's Paperback Plus, Waterford, MI, We need more books written like this one. That seems to be the only way we are really going to find out the real truth on what is going on., "Kuipers has given us a deftly reported glimpse into America's blue collar rural stoner subculture."-- Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed
Dewey Decimal
364.1/77
Synopsis
The gripping story of two marijuana advocates gunned down by the FBI after a five-day standoff. On a mission to build a peaceful, pot-friendly Shangri-La, Tom Crosslin and his lover Rollie Rohm founded Rainbow Farm, a well-appointed campground and concert venue tucked away in rural Southwest Michigan. The farm quickly became the center of marijuana and environmental activism in Michigan, drawing thousands of blue-collar libertarians and hippie liberals, evangelicals and militiamen to its annual hemp festivals. People came from all over the country to support Tom and Rollie's libertarian brand of patriotism: They loved America but didn't like the War on Drugs. As Rainbow Farm launched a popular statewide ballot initiative to change marijuana laws, local authorities, who had scarcely tolerated Rainbow Farm in the past, began an all-out campaign to shut the place down. Finally, in May 2001, Tom and Rollie were arrested for growing marijuana. Rollie's 11-year-old son, who grew up on Rainbow Farm, was placed in foster care - Tom would never see him again. Faced with mandatory jail terms and the loss of the farm, Tom and Rollie never showed up for their August court date. Instead, the state's two best-known pot advocates burned Rainbow Farm to the ground in protest. County officials called the FBI, and within five days Tom and Rollie were dead. Obscured by the attacks of September 11, their stories will be told here for the first time.
LC Classification Number
HV5833.V36K85 2006

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